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India will also take on Australia and Spain in February as it plays five away matches that month before taking on Germany and Argentina at home.

Goals from Harmanpreet Singh (11th minute), Lalit Upadhyay (25th) and Mandeep Singh (58th) on Sunday gave the visitors a deserved triumph over Los Leones.

"Our performance particularly in the last two years have been note-worthy, having achieved good success rate against top teams like Belgium, Netherlands and Australia," he added.

Kothajit said that the Indian team returned to the pitch at the right time and are moving forward with each sports activities session.